Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow

{{Short description|1975 song by Morgan Ames and Dave Grusin}}

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{{Infobox song

| name = Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow

| cover = Keep_Your_Eye_On_The_Sparrow_-_Merry_Clayton.jpg

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| type = single

| artist = Merry Clayton

| album = Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow

| released = July 1975 (U.S.)

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| label = Ode

| writer = Morgan Ames, Dave Grusin

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| prev_title = Oh No Not My Baby

| prev_year = 1975

| next_title = Emotion

| next_year = 1980

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{{Infobox song

| name = Baretta's Theme (Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow)

| cover = Baretta's_Theme_(Keep_Your_Eye_On_The_Sparrow)_-_Rhythm_Heritage.jpg

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| type = single

| artist = Rhythm Heritage

| album = Disco-Fied

| B-side = My Cherie Amour

| released = April 1976 (U.S.)

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| genre = Disco

| length = 3:15

| label = ABC

| writer = Morgan Ames, Dave Grusin

| producer = Steve Barri, Michael Omartian

| prev_title = Theme from S.W.A.T.

| prev_year = 1975

| next_title = Theme from Rocky (Gonna Fly Now)

| next_year = 1977

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"Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow", also known as "Baretta's Theme", is a song written by Morgan Ames and Dave Grusin, recorded by multiple artists during the summer of 1975. Merry Clayton's version was the first to chart, reaching #45 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

A version by Rhythm Heritage became a Top 20 hit in 1976. The band recorded it as a semi-instrumental number, with subdued vocals by Oren and Luther Waters. It was selected as the theme to the TV show Baretta, starring Robert Blake.{{cite web| url= http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~davet/music/track/TVGREHIT_003/TVGREHIT_003-52.html| via= cs.ubc.ca| publisher= University of British Columbia | title= Dave Grusin & Morgan Ames: Baretta ('Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow')| work= Dave Tomkins: Musica Database| access-date= August 22, 2018}} "Baretta's Theme" was released as a single in the spring of 1976, reaching #20 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and #15 in Canada.{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4146a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4146a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4146a|title=Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1976-07-10 |accessdate=2019-01-14}}